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specimen (No. 5612), taken September 26, has acquired most 

 of the full fresh pelage of winter. 



Sylvilagus audubonii sanctidiegi (Miller) 



"L\^epus'\ Audubonii," Cooper, Zoology in Cronise, The 

 NaturalWealthof CaHfornia, 1868, p. 446. (" . . . the two 

 latter [Lepus Audubonii and Lepus Trozvbridgii] occur to- 

 gether throughout most of the western slope of the State"). 



''Lepus Audubonii" (part), Cooper, Amer. Nat., 3, 1869, 

 p. 183 (Southern part of California.) 



"L[epus] Audubonii" (part) Cooper, Amer. Nat., 8, 1874, 

 p. 15 (Seen once about 2000 feet up in the Cuyamaca Moun- 

 tains). 



Specimen examined. — One: No. 5623, Univ. Calif. Mus. 

 Vert. Zool. ; obverse of label "33c Lepus audubonii, Baird, 

 Audubon's Hare [printed strips pasted on] 6 San Diego 

 Cal. Nov. 6th, '61 J. G. C." ; reverse, eleven measurements. 



Prepared with skull inside; fore feet folded back beneath 

 body; hind feet forward; specimen in good condition. 



Sylvilagus audubonii arizonae (Allen) 



''L[epus] Audubonii" (part). Cooper, Zoology in Cronise, 

 The Natural Wealth of California, 1868, p. 446 (Refers to 

 occurrence of this form in the western part of the state only) . 



"Audubon's Hare (fur finer than near the coast, approach- 

 ing Lepus artemisice)". Cooper, Amer. Nat., 3, 1869, p. 476 

 (Colorado Valley). 



"Lepus Audubonii? Baird", Cooper, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 

 4, 1870, p. 74 (Colorado Valley). 



Specimen examined. — One: No. 145283, U. S. Nat. Mus.; 

 obverse of label "95 Lepus audubonii Ft. Mojave, Col'do R. 

 Feb. 19 '61 J. G. C"; reverse, eleven measurements. 



Skin in fairly good condition; stuffed flat, the skull inside 

 the skin; legs folded, the fore feet backward, the hind feet 

 forward beneath the body. 



In general coloration agrees closely with Sylvilagus audu- 

 bonii arizonce in the collection of the National Museum, be- 

 ing distinctly paler than either S. a. audubonii or S. a. sancti- 

 diegi. 



